The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

This web-site includes official 'travel advice' and information on 'British Diplomatic Missions' abroad as well as up-to-date international news. As well as a directory of UK embassies overseas, it also has a list of foreign embassies in the UK.
Website: www.fco.gov.uk

The European Information Network in the UK

This web site brings together contact details for organisations and individuals in the UK and its regions that provide EU information and advice for the general public, the academic community and business. You will also find addresses for EU Institutions and Agencies that are based in the UK; MEPs; sectoral bodies with EU interests e.g. the TUC; and other sources supported by the European Commission.
Website: www.europe.org.uk

Air Security International's 'Hot Spots'

Snapshots of world events provided by Air Security International. You can also register to receive a free daily email version of 'Hot Spots'.
Website: www.airsecurity.com/hotspots/HotSpots.asp

BR Anchor

This site includes a customs and manners quiz for different countries. There is also a 'Should I move?' page designed to help you tackle some of the more practical issues in moving overseas.
Website: www.branchor.com/culturequiz.htm

The CIA World Factbook

This web-site contains a lot of good information about different countries including maps and statistics.
Website: www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

Danger Finder

This unique site gives details about the world's most dangerous places and offers some information and advice for travellers.
Website: www.comebackalive.com/df

DirectGov

This website provides the latest and widest range of public service information from the UK government. It includes: UK Passport Info & Application, UK Consulates & Embassies, Immunisations and Travel Health, Country Travel Advice, Customs & Duties Information.
Website: www.direct.gov.uk

Travel Help

This is a network of people ready to answer questions about the areas they live in or have travelled extensively in. Also information about accommodation and country filefacts.
Website: www.travellerspoint.com/helpersearch.cfm

Expat Network

This website allows you to choose a country to find visa requirements, cuisine, culture, public holidays and lots of other useful information.
Website: www.expatnetwork.com

Embassy World

This site includes a 'maps of the world' directory.
Website: www.embassyworld.com/map

Jane's Geopolitical Intelligence

This web-site has news and archive information on the history and struggles of countries of the world.
Website: http://geopolitical.janes.com

Kwintessential

Kwintessential are UK based language and cultural specialists and they provide information and services to the international business community about cross-cultural issues. Their site has a country profiles directory including over 30 countries. Each of these has a very interesting 'etiquette' section. The site also includes several cultural awareness quizzes.
Website: www.kwintessential.co.uk
Email: info@kwintessential.co.uk
Tel: 0208 406 9288

OAG

OAG is the world’s leading independent source of flight schedule information and OAG.com has the largest list of flight schedules from around the world. The site also lists basic details about different countries including: local time, language, electricity supply, int. dialing code, driving permit needed, currency, business hours, public holidays & climate. Much of the content has to be paid for, but a free trial is available.
Website: www.oag.com

Oddens

Comprehensive links to online maps of many countries throughout the world.
Website: http://oddens.geog.uu.nl

Population Reference Bureau

An interesting site with all the information and statistics you need about world, continent and individual country 'population'.
Website: www.prb.org

Rec. Travel Library

Personal travelogues, trip reports, and worldwide tourist information.
Website: www.travel-library.com

ReliefWeb

This website has an information section that lists Countries, Emergencies & Natural Disasters by Region.
Website: www.reliefweb.int

Search Engine Colossus

Search Engine Colossus is an International directory of search engines. It offers you links to search engines from 219 countries around the world! It also offers the facility to search the web in different languages.
Website: www.searchenginecolossus.com

The US Library of Congress Country Studies

This web-site contains comprehensive online guides of roughly 100 countries.
Website: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

The Virtual Tourist

This web-site has lots of links to country information, as well as on-line individuals who live there.
Website: www.virtualtourist.com

Wexas 'Global Hotspots'

Their analysis of troublespots worldwide, including countries where travel is dangerous or not advised. This news service is constantly updated.
Website: www.travelleronline.com/planner/hotspots.shtml

What's On When

A comprehensive site with links to all sorts of events worldwide.
Website: www.whatsonwhen.com

World Travel Server

This new worldwide tourism portal includes information about every country pulled from various sources, with a very user friendly interface.
Website: www.worldtravelserver.com

The UK Department for International Development

An informative web-site which includes 'Statistics on International Development'.
Website: www.dfid.gov.uk

Employment Conditions Abroad Ltd

This UK company manage a 'cost of living' index for many countries and will, for a fee, supply you with details about any of the countries in its information.
Website: www.eca-international.co

Geohive

This is a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is on the population of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Next to that there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena.
Website: www.geohive.com

Homefair.com

This US site has a 'Salary Calculator' which can work out roughly how much salary you may need to live on in various world cities compared to, say, London.
Website: www2.homefair.com/calc/intsalcalc.html

The CIA World Factbook

This web-site contains a lot of good information about different countries including maps and statistics.
Website: www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

NationMaster

NationMaster.com is a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. Using the onsite form, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
Website: www.nationmaster.com

Population Reference Bureau

A site with all the statistics you need about world, continent and individual country 'population'.
Website: www.prb.org

The University of Michigan Documents Center

This web-site contains statistics on a vast range of US and world topics.
Website: www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

The US Census Bureau

This web page allows you to obtain summary demographic data for one or more countries.
Website: www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbsum.html

Ethnic Harvest

For those with an interest in the USA, this site is a powerful tool for ministry planning. Just type in any zip code and get instant FREE demographics for any USA community, including ethnic origin and foreign languages spoken.
Website: www.ethnicharvest.org/regions/regionindex.htm
Email: info@ethnicharvest.org

Distance Calculator

This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places.
Website: www.indo.com/distance